My last post was six months ago, just after the NHL season had finished. A quiet summer was expected, but that turned into a serious slide.

My intention was to keep my usual pace during the 24-25 NHL season. Things started well for the Rangers, but just like their luck, I’ve hit a bad patch myself. I was in a car accident, which threw everything off course. Nothing broken or torn, but recovery is taking me much longer than expected. Getting back on my feet has brought back pain back (I don’t think I ever wrote about that; it started last year) and now my left knee hurts. It also feels like my right knee isn’t taking kindly to the added strain I’ve been putting on it. I found out I have a lot of arthritis in my left knee (I seem to be collecting it like it’s gold for some reason; it’s in my back and hand, too) and possibly/probably damaged ligaments. The ligament (acl/mcl/all of the cl’s) issues are a long time coming based on the long-term quality of my knees. Something I was hoping was never going to happen again. I’m also having a problem with my right cornea, so it’s been way more doctor visits than I’ve liked in the last 3 months.

I’m also without a car, which changes things a lot, too. Have you seen the price of cars today? It’s ridiculous.

As an added bonus, the New York Rangers are one of the worst teams this season. Started out 8-2-1. Then 12-4-1 I think the collapse that’s been going on for 2 months now sees them at 16-19-1. I can’t remember a time when they’ve been this bad. Everything is wrong. A book can be written about it. This post is already a bummer, so I won’t give my full thoughts, but it looks like a rebuild has just started right now. Bad off-season moves poisoned the locker room, and there’s no end in sight. Since writing about individual games is pointless now, maybe I’ll do team updates on what changes to the team happen.

It’s New Year’s Eve; let’s hope for a better 2025 for everyone.